echo exact xml tag from an exact file

Shell Programming and Scripting
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Im stumped on this one. Id like to echo into a .txt file all names for an xml feed in a huge folder. Can that be done?? Id need to echo <name>This name</name> in client.xml files.

$path="/mnt/windows/path"

echo 'recording names'

cd "$path"
for names in $path

than Im stuck on where to go and what would be best??

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I'm not sure what is your requirement, but if you are looking for a way to extract the data from your XML name tag, then here is how you do it:-

sed 's:^<name>\(.*\)</name>$:\1:' client.xml
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by any chance can you explain what is going on so I can better understand the process?

Edit:
Id like to undertstand this because I would like to extend something else Ive been working on and could use this as a variable for something else.

---------- Post updated 10-31-12 at 09:31 AM ---------- Previous update was 10-30-12 at 05:06 PM ----------

someone suggested xmllint but Im unsure how to use it in an echo for <name></name>

FOUND this while searching.